Elon Musk walked back his previous claim that he could cut at least $2 trillion from the federal budget, saying Wednesday that half that amount would be “an epic outcome.”

Musk was fact-checked by an L.A. firefighter in his own livestream after repeating a popular lie about “water shortages.”

Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.

Those who aren't deployed will be stationed at the US Digital Service, a White House branch that provides IT consulting services to federal agencies.

The efficiency and cost-cutting effort known as DOGE is taking formative steps ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, and The New York Times has some new details about where the project is headed.